Chapter One

Elena Gilbert saw a bright, white light before complete darkness surrounded her. She felt cold, dead. She knew to expect the worst and only the worst so that's why when she opened her eyes to reveal the familiar streets of Mystic Falls she was struck to silence.

Was she dead?

Unlike Mystic Falls these streets were completely silent. All that she could hear was her rapid breathing and the gravel scraping against the bottom of her shoes.

"Hello!" Elena called out loudly as her own voice echoed back seconds later. "Damon! Bonnie!"

No one answered. She was alone.

The Salvatore House. Surely Damon or Stefan would have to be there, right?

Not long after she was standing in front of the Salvatore's home with a small swooshing sound following behind her. She pushed opened the unlocked door and found it empty.

No Damon, no Stefan.

The Other Side no longer existed and even if that's where she had been sent to she would still be able to see people.

All of them had come back to life except for her.

She breathed out a small sigh of relief. Despite not knowing where the hell she was she would rather have her friends safe rather than herself.

Her back hit the wall and she slowly sunk to the ground. What was she going to do? Bonnie didn't know where she was. Hell, she didn't know where she was! Nobody would come for her..

As tears welled up in her brown eyes Elena didn't notice the pair of grey/blue eyes dead set on watching her through the window nor did she see the small smirk that appeared on that person's lips.

The minutes she spent crying against that wall felt like hours. A deep fear had settled within her.

When she finally found it in her to stand up she took a good look around. It all looked so familiar yet something was off. A picture frame in a different area, the color of the drapes suddenly black instead of red. Little things.

She checked every single room but the results stayed the same.

She was alone.

When Elena heard the small creak of a floorboard behind her she spun around but much to her disappointment nobody was behind her.

"Hello?" Elena desperately called out. Please let somebody be here with me.

Elena didn't know how much she would regret that simple thought.

"Hello there."

Elena turned back around and flinched when she saw a dark haired man standing only inches away from her, smirking.

"Who the hell are you?" Elena breathed out with narrowed, confused eyes.

"You are not supposed to be here." The man mumbled to himself, looking a bit troubled.

"Who are you?" Elena's question got shot back at her.

"I asked you first." Elena took a small step back and crossed her arms.

He rolled his eyes at her with an amused smile and a challenging glance. "Kai, my name is Kai. Your turn."

"Elena. My name is Elena." She hesitated but eventually responded.

"What are you doing here Elena?" Kai narrowed his eyes as her name rolled off the tip of his tongue like silk.

"I don't know." Elena responded honestly, looking around frantically. "I was dead and then I was here."

If Kai was shocked he definitely didn't show it.

"What are you doing here?" Elena returned his question curiously.

"That is a long story for another time sweetheart." Kai responded as he deleted her effort of putting some well needed distance between them by taking two steps forward.

"Am I dead- are we dead?" Elena rushed out to ask, trying to hide the rough emotion in her voice at those deathly words.

Kai thought on it for a second. "Huh. I mean not really. We're more or less locked in a prison hell that looks exactly like the real world but as you've probably noticed, no people." Kai motioned around to the empty world around the two of them.

"Th-that doesn't make sense." Elena stumbled over her frantic words. "I died.. I died."

"Somebody, more than likely a powerful witch must of put you in here with me." Kai said. "How about you share the name of the witch?"

"I don't know." Elena responded. She knew that Bonnie would never willingly put her in here but even if she did Elena was never giving her name to Kai.

Kai began walking towards her and Elena found her back being pressed against the wall as she desperately took steps back to avoid him.

Kai chuckled, looking like he didn't believe a single word she was saying.

Kai grabbed the side of her neck and lifted her head so their eyes met. "Who put you here? Who sent you?"

"I don't know." Elena replied, getting angry. She felt black veins go under her previously brown eyes as annoyance mixed with hunger clouded her mind.

Kai took a couple steps back, much to her relief. Seconds later he was holding out his left hand and Elena was dropping to her knees, screaming in pain and clutching her head tightly

"Who put you here?" Kai repeated for the third time as she burning pain in her head increased.

"I don't know!" Elena screamed out in pain, letting out a sob.

Kai sighed, annoyed.

The pain in her head suddenly stopped. She stood up and hissed loudly at Kai as her vampire features came out to play.

Before Elena could charge at him he had her pinned to the wall with his magic. Kai didn't look the slightest bit scared of the vicious looking vampire in front of him.

"Friendly piece of advice, don't do that again." Kai said, rolling his eyes at the young vampire. He let go of her and she dropped to her knees.

Following his advice Elena only scowled up at him as her face became human again.

Kai kneeled next to her. "How do we get out Elena? I'm guessing whoever put you in here left you with a way to escape."

"I don't know." Elena repeated for what felt like the hundredth time.

Kai pouted, tsking teasingly. "Then I guess you're useless." Kai flicked his wrist and with a small snapping sound Elena's head slammed against the ground.

Kai stared at her for a second before standing up and taking her lifeless body into his arms carelessly.

Kai, not so gently, tossed Elena onto the couch before sitting down at the coffee table beside her.

He stared at her for a couple of seconds as a small smile developed onto his face.

Once she woke up, he would find out what she knows.